HEX Color #73D5E3 (Skyblue)

About #73D5E3

The precise color #73D5E3 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Skyblue. Its digital footprint relies on 115 parts red, 213 parts green, and 227 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 49% cyan and 6% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#73D5E3

RGB115, 213, 227

HSL187.5°, 66.7%, 67.1%

CMYK49%, 6%, 0%, 11%

HSV187.5°, 49.3%, 89.0%

LAB80.1, -25.1, -15.8

XYZ44.7, 56.8, 81.3

Decimal7591395

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#73D5E3 #E38072

Analogous

#72E3B8 #729CE3

Triadic

#E372D5 #D5E372

Tetradic

#B972E3 #E38072 #9CE372

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#73D5E3

#82D9E6

#92DEE9

#A1E3EC

#B1E7EF

#C0ECF2

#D0F1F5

#DFF5F8

#EFFAFB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#73D5E3

#66BDC9

#59A5B0

#4C8E97

#3F767E

#335E64

#26474B

#192F32

#0C1719

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.70:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

12.36:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.62:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.50:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #73D5E3; }

.text-color { color: #73D5E3; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #73D5E3; }

Similar Colors

Skyblue

#87CEEB